AI is bad, gameplay is bad, combat is bad, driving is bad. You could hit a car full speed, and little to no damage to the car you hit. The explosions are reminscent of GTA III last gen with the little black parts flying away. Physics don't exist in this game, you hit a person, they get hit and lie flat on the ground the exact same way.

In compotent games the cops are supposed to try and pull you over. In this game? if they get infront of you, they will stay there unless you stop the car. They don't try to do anything to your car, apparently they just love driving next to you. Its annoying trying to get them off of you specificaly because they seem to be set to drive continuously at the same speed.

The driving is too arcadey and is a bit too much like older sandbox games before GTA IV release. Fighting isn't really necessary considering you can easily just run everyone into an obstacle instantly killing them.

I really liked it. It's not a smash hit, but I totally agree with Alex 4/5 review. The combat has a satisfying "omph" to it and the story is holding my interest. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that it's less well made , but more fun than vanilla GTA IV. I say if you got some spare cash this is not a bad purchase .

This might have been said already, so I apologize. The reason Vinny ended up with the Rico's outfit is because there must be a save from Just Cause 2 on that machine. I was playing JC 2 on the PS3 a yesterday and it stated in the ticker at the bottom of the start screen that you get the outfit if you have the save on your machine.

@MordeaniisChaos: That's because he wasn't attacking. He was standing still and waiting for the counter, which isn't what you're supposed to be doing. Combat is actually a lot more fluid in this game than Batman, because you're safe in constantly attacking people since you can cancel all your attack animations with a counter, whereas in Batman you can't.

Hmm, I dunno... That first bit of combat looked like batman, minus EVERY OUNCE of fluidity and coolness. It also took WAY too long to do anything to those guys. The melee stuff looks awful beyond the finishers. The driving looks decent, but I remember how shitty the rubber banding of the cops was (maybe just sticking like glue would be a better description, it was clear that speed alone wouldn't lose them, which is totally should). And the race was pretty clearly bullshit. He knocked almost everyone out of the running there at the end and then they ALL CAME UP AND PASSED OR VERY NEARLY PASSED HIM? Yuck.

To be fair, he didn't really knock many of those cars out of the running as a "takeout" would have caused the game to go into a brief "bullet time" for effect. And I think it was mentioned elsewhere in the comments, but the reason those two cars were able to pass him was because he lost a ton of momentum trying to ram that car from the back, which would actually slow him down while giving the lead car a boost. I've been playing a ton of this game and the races are pretty winnable as long as you don't run into too many things and check cars from the side as they try to pass you.

As for combat, it didn't help that Vinny wasn't using the very handy "lock-on" button to help focus the action (which shifu teaches you the first time you meet him). You also can't play this game like Assasin's Creed, relying solely on counters, because the counters themselves don't do much damage. You use counters to lead into your own combos, which by the time you invest in a couple upgrades will allow you to do savage things to your opponents even without using the environmental takedowns. By the middle of the game if you've been upgrading consistently, a perfectly executed combo could take down normal enemies in a manner of seconds.

I love how Vinny says he doesn't like running down people and then proceeds to kill random civilians for most of the quick look. This looks pretty dope on PC. Got the PS3 version and enjoying the hell out of it but man wish I had a great PC now

Hmm, I dunno... That first bit of combat looked like batman, minus EVERY OUNCE of fluidity and coolness. It also took WAY too long to do anything to those guys. The melee stuff looks awful beyond the finishers. The driving looks decent, but I remember how shitty the rubber banding of the cops was (maybe just sticking like glue would be a better description, it was clear that speed alone wouldn't lose them, which is totally should). And the race was pretty clearly bullshit. He knocked almost everyone out of the running there at the end and then they ALL CAME UP AND PASSED OR VERY NEARLY PASSED HIM? Yuck.

Also, a lot of things look very familiar. The driving seems to take more than a little inspiration from Wheelman and Just Cause 2, the chase stuff looks like very linear Assassin's Creed, the melee combat is a poor man's Batman.

@buckybit He does it with just the same glee to guys. Also, a fuckin video game. He's queezy at the idea of running over peds in a video game, he's clearly not comfortable with violence, so don't be a tool.